Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Excuse Me While I Slip into a Cocoa Coma

The two bits of cake in the above picture were made using this recipe and this recipe. Someone at Chez Lime may have requested one or the other. Someone else may have thought they'd be a lovely complement to each other in both flavors and textures. That same someone may have been ambitious enough to produce both recipes. Several someones may not have been able to finish what was on their respective plates due to the intensity and richness contained thereupon. Someone else may have finished every last morsel and be about ready to slip into blissful unconsciousness as a result. Sugar plum fairies ain't got nuthin' on the cocoa and raspberry angels.

You know, the diet I've been on for the last five years (which I think of more as a 'way of life' than a 'diet', but I won't quibble over words) thinks very highly of chocolate. Just not sugar. So often, in the afternoon 'energy trough', I'll snap off an ounce of the 85% cocoa bar, and perk right up. . .